[Travis McGee]

So what happens when the middle class, while it is still a voting majority, decides to end the looting?

At the very least, enraged and starving urban dwellers can hold the critical infrastructure running through their areas hostage. They will snipe at highway traffic and landing airplanes, they will sabotage rail lines and pipelines and fiber-optic commo cables, etc. They can cause massive disruptions to the outside society simply by sabotage, in order to demand the resumption of free food.

[PapaBear3625]

At the very least, enraged and starving urban dwellers can hold the critical infrastructure running through their areas hostage. They will snipe at highway traffic and landing airplanes, they will sabotage rail lines and pipelines and fiber-optic commo cables, etc. They can cause massive disruptions to the outside society simply by sabotage, in order to demand the resumption of free food.

Welfare, for the most part, is given to the female underclass. Plan B: females are given new cards, but only on the condition that they AND their dependents submit to sterilization before the new cards are handed out.